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+A backup utility for QEMU, KVM, XEN, and Virtualbox guests.
+
+Virt-back is a python application that uses the libvirt api to safely 
+shutdown, gzip, and restart guests.  The backup process logs to syslog
+for auditing and virt-back works great with cron for scheduling outages.
+Virt-back has been placed in the public domain and 
+the latest version may be downloaded here:
+
+https://git.unturf.com/python/virt-back
+
+
 **usage**
 
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